thank you for the response brian. i had this problem a couple times before when dealing with just the base. so my thinking was maybe the light coat of clear might serve as an intercoat of sorts, that theory evidentally did not prove true. maybe inadequate sanding is more to blame?? ive just never dealt with multi-colored paintjobs before. never had any trouble with adhesion in single color. but those i could do complete in a day. this i was not ablw to. i tried attaching pics but the files were too big.